Who won Utah in the 1916 presidential election?

Wilson (Democratic) carried Utah in 1916, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Utah have in 1916?

Utah cast 4 electoral votes in the 1916 presidential election.

Did Utah vote for the national winner in 1916?

Yes. Utah backed Woodrow Wilson, who won the presidency that year.

Progressive EraUT · 4 EV

1916

Utah: Wilson carries 4 EV.

Utah cast its 4 electoral votes for Wilson (Democratic). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Utah voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1916 result in Utah

Utah backed Wilson (Democratic) in the 1916 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Utah ended up on the winning side — Woodrow Wilson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Utah backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1912. Utah did not move alone — neighboring Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada broke the same way in 1916. Across the 33 presidential elections Utah has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, Woodrow Wilson took 277 of the 531 electoral votes, against Charles Evans Hughes's 254. Woodrow Wilson led the national popular vote with 49.24% of the ballots cast.

The 1916 national map

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